The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-02-11
MANkATo FREE Press.
FRIDAY. FnBRUARY IL. 1887.
Dolls, wigs Of RenI Hair.

A new industry has sprung no on Fifth
avenue. Ii is the manufacture OF real
wigs for dolls out of real hair, made
bolter than many real wigs and sold at
prices that proclaim them to be genuine.
The place takes up the whole first floor
oil u big house. The dolls wigs IRE
only IN incident to the business. The
first dolls wigs were made this year.
The head of the firm told about the way
he happened 10 start making them:
'For several years have had calls
for dolls wigs from ladies whose chill
dren had torn the hair from dolls they
were much attached to. This season
began to make them, aud have receiv-
ed far more orders than had expelled.
Here is doll that has been sent over
from Philadelphia for It's second wig"
The proprietor took the reporter to a
counter where lay beautiful doll about
two feet high. with ball-and-socket
joints. and pink complexion except
where the paint had worn or On lis
head was real wig Of light blonde
hair with duffy bang front and French
twist curls behind. The hair seemed to
be glued to the head, yet the wig came
right of. 1t was as neat Job and fitted
as well as il the wigmaker had manu-
featured for human head. 1t cost only
$l2.
ut Is becoming quite common" con-
tinued the mistress of the store, '.for q
doll to have two or three wigs. They
are got up IN all styles. like the wigs Of
fashionable actress, only smaller.
They are just as well made and Just as
valuable in proportion. The hair Is
dressed by the little girl that owns the
doll, and it gives her knowledge and
experience that will be useful. Two or
three wigs in different styles give the
little girl chance to develop her own
ingenuity in arranging hair. By the
old way dolls hair WAS made of Angora
wool and glued to their heads. 1t was
not like real hair, and it could not be
dressed. II tore of, aud that was the
end of it,
DOLLS wigs cost from 81 to $25. The
"a wigs are for child-dOlls, and have
short ourls like little child's. The
most costly wigs arc light shades of
halr. Light shades of blonde hair cost
three times as much MS brown hair.
Some dolls have light and dark wigs.
which can be changed to match the
dolls dress. A doll that had wig
made for it last week had just got $3.50
worth of winter clothing. You can get
a shade Of wig to match any dress.
so far have had orders for no red
or gray wigs. They will probably come
in time. The latest thing in dolls is
boy dolls. We have made several boy
wigs. A little girl out for walk takes
her big boy doll with her. Or she may
take girl doll and put boys wig and
clothes on it and take it out There is
getting to be a rivalry among families
to see who has the best and most fully.
dressed dolls. 1t is becoming proper
for little girl to be escorted by her doll
when she goes out to take'a walk. and
of course the doll must be dressed in
harmony with her dresS don't know
what this fashion for dolls viii end in.
but the trade in dolls wigs is rapidly
increasing. So far, believe, am the
only manufacturer. 1t takes Q work.
man two days to make dolls wig,
and a brisk trade in dolls wigs will
make work. M y. Sun.